Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Gadiformes - hrdloploutví
Čeleď: Macrouridae - hlavounovití

Synonyma: Coelorhynchus labiatus (non Koehler, 1895); Coelorhynchus occa (Goode & Bean, 1885); Coelorhynchus talismani (non Collett, 1905); Coelorhynchus vaillanti (non Roule, 1916); Coelorinchus occa Goode & Bean, 1885; Coryphaenoides talismani (non Collett, 1905); Macrurus affinis Vaillant, 1888; Macrurus japonicus (non Temminck & Schlegel, 1846); Macrurus labiatus (non Koehler, 1896); Macrurus occa Goode & Bean, 1885; Macrurus talismani (non Collett, 1905); Oxygadus labiatus (non Koehler, 1896); Oxygadus occa (Goode & Bean, 1885).

Typová lokalita: Mexický záliv, 28°34'00"N, 86°48'00"W, stanice Albatross 2396, hloubka 335 sáhů.

Holotyp: USNM 37334

Reference: Goode, G. B. & T. H. Bean. 1885. Descriptions of new fishes obtained by the United States Fish Commission mainly from deep water off the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 8 (no. 543): 589-605.